'''House Yronwood of Yronwood''' is the most powerful house in [[Dorne]] after the [[House Martell|Martells]].{{Ref|aFfC|40}} [[Yronwood|Yronwood Castle]] is the last fortress defending the [[Boneway]]; this is reflected in their title [[Warden of the Stone Way]].{{Ref|aFfC|40}} The Yronwoods were kings in Dorne before the [[Rhoynar migration|arrival of the Rhoynar]]; the head of the house continues to hold the title ''The Bloodroyal''.

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'''House Yronwood of Yronwood''' is the most powerful house in [[Dorne]] after the [[House Martell|Martells]].{{Ref|aFfC|40}} [[Yronwood|Yronwood Castle]] is the last fortress defending the [[Boneway]]; this is reflected in their title [[Warden of the Stone Way]].{{Ref|aFfC|40}} The Yronwoods were [[High King of Dorne|kings]] in Dorne before the [[Rhoynar migration|arrival of the Rhoynar]]; the head of the house continues to hold the title ''The Bloodroyal''.

According to semi-canon sources, their motto is ''We Guard the Way''.<ref>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref> Their blazon is a black portcullis grill over sand.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/9/ Houses from Dorne]</ref> The Yronwoods often have blond hair and blue eyes.{{ref|ADWD|6}}

According to semi-canon sources, their motto is ''We Guard the Way''.<ref>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref> Their blazon is a black portcullis grill over sand.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/9/ Houses from Dorne]</ref> The Yronwoods often have blond hair and blue eyes.{{ref|ADWD|6}}

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History

House Yronwood is an ancient family who once ruled half of Dorne as the Kings of Yronwood, with domains significantly greater than House Martell of Sunspear, a fact the Yronwoods let no one forget.[5] House Yronwood established Yronwood in the high valleys and green foothills below the peaks and seized control of the Stone Way, the second of the two great passes into Dorne. Well protected and comparably fertile, their lands were also well timbered and possessed of valuable deposits of iron, tin, and silver, making them the richest and most powerful of the Dornish kings. The Yronwood domain reached from Wyl to the headwaters of the Greenblood,[6] and, at times, even the Sandship of House Martell.[7]

When Oberyn Martell was no older than sixteen, he was found abed with old Lord Edgar Yronwood's paramour and they fought a duel. Although it was only to first blood, Edgar's wounds festered and he died shortly afterwards, originating rumors that the Red Viper's blade had been poisoned. Oberyn fled to the Free Cities in exile. To "repay a blood debt", Prince Doran Martell later sent his second child, Quentyn Martell, to foster with Edgar's grandson, Lord Anders Yronwood.[5] Quentyn was sent more than 10 years after the incident. Quentyn served at Yronwood as page and squire. He chose to be knighted by Anders himself instead of his uncle, Oberyn.[12]

King Yorick Yronwood, the Bloodroyal, Fifth of His Name, Lord of Yronwood, Warden of the Stone Way, Knight of the Wells, King of Redmarch, King of the Greenbelt, King of the Dornish. The last of the Yronwood kings.[11]